单词	slim
释义	adjective | verb slimslim1 /slɪm/ ●●○ adjective (comparative slimmer, superlative slimmest) Etymology ETYMOLOGYslim1 Origin: 1600-1700 Dutch bad, of low quality Thesaurus THESAURUSnot fat► thin having little fat on your body:  He’s tall and thin and wears glasses. I wish my legs were thinner. ► slim thin in a way that looks good:  Jen stays slim by eating healthily and getting exercise. ► slender thin in a way that looks good or seems graceful. Used especially about women:  The bracelet sparkled on her slender wrist. ► lean thin in a healthy way without much fat:  He had a runner’s body – lean with long legs. ► slight thin and delicate with a small body structure:  Leona is so slight, a strong wind might blow her away! ► skinny thin in a way that is not attractive:  Have some more pasta – you’re too skinny. ► underweight thin in a way that is not healthy. Used especially by doctors:  The baby hadn’t been keeping food down and was underweight. ► gaunt thin, pale, and unhealthy:  What’s wrong with Mike? He’s so gaunt. ► emaciated formal extremely thin and weak because of illness or not eating:  Emaciated refugees filled the camp. ► anorexic extremely thin because of a mental illness that makes someone believe he or she is always too fat and should not eat:  Brigette is so thin – do you think she’s anorexic? ► skeletal so thin that the shape of the bones shows under someone’s skin:  She did not even recognize the skeletal man in the hospital bed. 1 attractively thin:  a slim waist► see thesaurus at thin12a slim chance/possibility etc. very little chance, etc. of getting what you want:  They have only a slim chance of winning.3very small in amount or number:  The team has a slim lead.4not wide or thick:  a slim volume5slim pickings informal used to say that there is not enough of something [Origin: 1600–1700 Dutch bad, of low quality] adjective | verb slimslim2 verb (slimmed, slimming) Verb Table VERB TABLE slim Simple Form Present I, you, we, they slim he, she, it slims Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they slimmed Present perfect I, you, we, they have slimmed he, she, it has slimmed Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had slimmed Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will slim Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have slimmed Continuous Form Present I am slimming he, she, it is slimming you, we, they are slimming Past I, he, she, it was slimming you, we, they were slimming Present perfect I, you, we, they have been slimming he, she, it has been slimming Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been slimming Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be slimming Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been slimming slim down phrasal verb (also slim)1 slim something ↔ down to become smaller in size or amount, or to reduce the size or amount of something:  They want to slim down the company.2 slim somebody/something ↔ down to become thinner by losing weight, or to make a person or a body part thinner in this way:  I’m trying to slim down.
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